Chapter 277: Hidden Knife in a Smile
When we arrived at the Unicorn Cave, Tushan was ready to go, and the one sitting inside was Niu Tufeng's most luxurious lineup at present.
Of course, it also includes the Nine-Tail Plan and Unicorn Fury.
Li Qi seemed a little weaker. After all, Yue Wei and Lan Cai who came with him were just filling in the scenes and had no other effect, because they were only nervous and afraid when facing the royal family. Han Ying was not nervous, but she didn't understand these things.
After a disguised greeting, Li Qi and the others also took their seats.
Li Qi smiled and said, "Li Qi came here mainly to repair the relationship between our China Alliance and the Kingdom, and hope that we can live in peace as before."
Tushan smiled and said, "Where does this really start? I believe you have also heard the notice issued by our King of Earth. We feel very guilty about the harm caused to your second-class races by this war. We are also responsible for this matter. We will learn from this lesson in the future and try to avoid any harm to you again. You do not need to worry about it."
Is this to Li Qi?
It can be said that it is definitely not. This is actually for all second-class races to hear, because this war has indeed destroyed the image of the kingdom in the hearts of the second-class races. The kingdom now has to make every effort to repair this point, including aiding Gu Diao, which also has this meaning. But then again, this actually needs to play with Li Qi and win all the second-class races to his own side.
Li Qi knew in his heart and bowed, "The King of Earth is so broad-minded and unparalleled. Li Qi is very grateful and admired."
Speaking of this, he paused and said, "If that's the case, then our China Alliance hopes to continue to have friendly relations with your kingdom and trade with each other, just like before."
The Nine-Tail Dao suddenly said: "If our kingdom does not want to have friendly contacts with you, how can we invite you here? But in terms of trade, I think that should be another matter. For example, you have a very good relationship with the Peak Lord and come to visit often. The Peak Lord is also very welcome. But if you have friendly contacts with the Peak Lord just to make a transaction, this friendship is not very pure, or if you have friendly contacts with the Peak Lord, you don't have to trade."
Your old fox, after saying so much, it just wants to cheat me. It seems that the war will continue, but there is no smoke of gunpowder. As long as there is no smoke of gunpowder, I will accompany you to the end. Li Qi smiled and nodded and said, "The owner of the big business said very well, ahem, let's say so, while friendly exchanges, I also hope to establish a trade relationship with the kingdom. I have always believed that this trade is something that each needs and can be a win-win situation. Just now we all need each other very much."
A hint of disdain flashed in the Nine-Tail's Dabo's eyes. In her opinion, the Chinese Alliance needs the kingdom even more, and said, "You are right. In fact, Dabei also wants to resume trade with you as soon as possible, but many of our domestic big producers are very opposed to it!"
Tushan nodded helplessly.
Li Qi pretended to be surprised and said, "Why? Could it be...Is it because of that war?"
“No, no.”
The Nine-Tails waved his hand and said, "Dabei has made it very clear just now. That war is our fault, and we must not blame you."
Li Qi said curiously: "What is that for?"
Jiu Tai Da Cai said: "You know that in our kingdom, there are two types of big producers, and their influence is very great. One is the big producers involved in currency, and the other is the big producers involved in transportation. Those who oppose you are all big producers engaged in transportation. They believe that if they are open to you, your steaming cars will seriously harm their interests. They firmly oppose continuing to trade with you. Unless..."
Li Qi hurriedly asked, "Unless what?"
Jiu Tai Dao said: "Unless you can give up on the development of steam cars."
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said, "Although I don't want to mention that war again, I must mention it at this time. Dabei, everyone, I believe you all understand why steamed cars appeared. This is not what we want. It is mainly because your kingdom restricted transportation to us at that time. We were fighting with the Yaqi Legion at that time. Transportation was particularly important. In fact, steamed cars were born under helplessness."
"I know, I know."
The Nine-Tail Scheme nodded repeatedly and said, "This is all caused by our fault. Therefore, we can guarantee that this situation will not happen again and will compensate you. As long as you agree to give up steaming cars, our kingdom will immediately open up trade with you. Our transportation team will immediately reach a cooperation agreement with you to provide transportation for you and also reduce the cost of transportation. As for how much it is reduced, I guarantee that it will not be less than 30%.
Yue Wei said in surprise: "If this happens, will you still make money?"
The Nine-Tail Dao said: "You can rest assured about this. I am definitely not lying to you, because Dabei has suggested to the King of Earth to give subsidies to the southeastern transport owners, because this is caused by the mistake of the royal city, and the royal city should bear the responsibility."
Tushan nodded and said, "Actually, we, the King of Earth, don't mind you developing steamed cars, because many domestic big producers are very opposed, and we have to take care of them. I also think this is feasible. We are not asking you to never use steamed cars, but just to put steamed cars in the warehouse for the cooperation between us.
Although I haven't seen steaming cars with my own eyes, I have specific information in my hands. Our Kingdom Transport Team is never inferior to steaming cars. We also have air transportation, and the cost is similar. We are even lower. If we cooperate very happily, it doesn't matter if we don't use steaming cars. Moreover, if you are dissatisfied with our transport team and have good reasons, you can use it again. I really hope to continue trading with you as soon as possible. I don't want to give up all this because of steaming cars."
This is true. Steamed cars are still steamed cars that Li Qi knew, but the transportation of the kingdom was right, but Li Qi did not have it in that era. Their transport team could easily cross mountains and rivers, and the white rhinestones and deer beasts were very spiritual and did not require many royal families to escort them. Another point is safety. Who dares to rob the royal convoy?
Therefore, Lan Cai and Yue had not finished hearing it, all showed hesitation.
It sounds like that. If the kingdom can provide good transportation services, will steam cars still have value?
Besides, if it doesn't work, you can use it again.
Why give up the big market of the Kingdom just because of steaming cars?
It's so amazing! Li Qi couldn't help but say in his heart.
He knew that it was all for him.
Steaming cars is a great invention of mankind. Without steaming cars, human status will decline a lot. Currency and resources are difficult to compete with the kingdom. If transportation continues to be monopolized by the kingdom, it means that the kingdom still controls the second-class race.
"In theory, I agree with Da Bei's words very much."
Li Qi nodded, changed his subject and said, "But from the perspective of trade, I don't think this is very unfair, because steaming cars can generate a lot of profits, and the profits are very huge. And we have many big producers in China Alliance engaged in this business. For the benefit of the transport producers in your kingdom, we will give up the interests of our transport producers. I think this makes no sense."
Lan Cai, Yue Wei suddenly realized that it seemed too late to regret now, because Li Qi's revival plan started with steaming cars. Many major manufacturers made loans, invested in cars, and invested in transportation, but suddenly stopped doing it again. How to calculate these accounts?
And Li Qi is very right, you are still bullying us!
Jiu Tai Da Cai nodded with a smile and said, "What you said makes sense. Da Bei and I are just making a suggestion, not to force you to give up steaming cars. If you think this is unfair, then you have to give us time and let us talk to those big owners to see if we can negotiate a result that both parties can accept."
Li Qi frowned slightly, pondered for a little, and said, "I think time is money. I think it is not a wise move to give up the interests of all industries for the sake of an industry. Do you think this is possible? All the trade between us will be contracted to your transportation team. There is no need for any compensation for the price you should pay."
A smug smile flashed in the Nine-Tail Da Charge's eyes, and his expression was confident. Li Qi chose to take a step back so quickly, which shows that his guess was very accurate. Li Qi urgently needed to trade with them, and the kingdom urgently needed to disintegrate the China Alliance. Trade with them was also based on this premise. They had the absolute advantage. He nodded and said, "Your proposal is very good. I will tell those big producers."
But his tone seemed perfunctory.
Even Lan Cai and Yue Wei heard that they were perfunctory.
It can be seen that if you want to resume trade with the kingdom, you must give up steaming cars.
Li Qi said slightly depressed: "We can resume some trade first and then negotiate slowly."
The Nine-Tail Plan said: "You have been doing trades in our kingdom for some time, and you should also know the situation of our kingdom. The last movement was caused by many royal families being dissatisfied with the status quo. This time we must be careful. Let's wait until we convince those big owners, and then we will talk about the mutual trade. "
Tushan nodded and said, "I'm so sorry, our kingdom is very sensitive to this matter."
Li Qi sighed and nodded, "Okay, then I'll wait for the good news."
Having said that, there is no need to continue talking. Li Qi said some irrelevant polite words and then said goodbye. You can't say that it was a disagreement. At least on the surface, both sides were still very friendly. They didn't say that it was a tit-for-tat, but there was no result.
After Li Qi left, the Nine-Tail Dao smiled and said, "I have said before that no matter how smart Li Qi is, he must be based on strength. If he cannot bring wealth to the Huaxia Alliance, he, the leader, will step down sooner or later. If he wants to do this, it is inseparable from our kingdom."
"Respecting the teacher is right." Tu Shan nodded and said carefully: "But respecting the teacher, we cannot be careless. Last time we ignored him, which led to today's dilemma."
Chapter completed!